Coin-controlled delivery apparatus.



No. 668,808; Patented Feb. 26, |90l. D. B. STUART & lJ. C. BECKFIELD. COIN GDNTROLLED DELIVERY APPARATUS.

(Application filed may 2, 1960.)

(No Model.)

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NITFD STATES PATENT FFICB.'

DAVID B. STUART, OF FDGFWORTII, AND JOHN o. BFOKFIELD, OF PITTS; BURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To THF NATIONAL OASE AND CARTON oo., OF PENNSYLVANIA.

` COIN-OONTROLLED DELIVERY APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 668,808, dated February 26, 1901. Appnmion flied May 2, 1900. serial No. 15,195. (Nomoael.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: which said disk is inclosed. The slide 10 has 5o Be it known that we, DAVID B. STUART, a secured thereto a rod 11, projecting through resident of Edgeworth, and JOHN (LBECK- an openingV 12 in the casing and provided at FIELD, a resident of Pittsburg, in the county its outer end with the knob 13, by means of of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have which the slide 10 may be reciprocated. De-

invented a new and useful Improvement in pending from the inner end of the slide is 55 Coin-Controlled Delivery Apparatus; and we a ange 14, which is perforated to slide upon do hereby declare the following tobe a full, a rod l5, mounted in the casing below the clear, and exact description thereof. slide lO. Surrounding said rod is a coiled Io Our invention relates to apparatus for despring 16, which bears at one end against the livering articles by means of coin-released casing and at the other end against the flange o mechanism; and its object is to provide an 14 and which tends to holdthe slide 10 in its apparatus of this character which vis simple innermost position, as shown in Fig. 1, and and reliable in operation and which is parthereby restore the disk 7 and trough 4 to 15 ticularly adapted to deliver articles formed their normal positions.` The knob l2 is seinto cylindrical packages. cured to the rod 11 in any suitable manner, 65

To enable others skilled in the art to make such, forinstance, as by means ofthe screw 17. and use our invention, We will now describe The disk 7 has a slot 18 extending entirely the same more fully, referring to the accomthrough the same, said slot being slightly enzo panying drawings, in which- Y enlarged at its upper end, as shown at 19, to

Figure 1 is an end View of the coin-conreceiveand holdacoin of the proper denomi- 7o trolled operating mechanism, the casing benation, but to'allow a coin smaller than the ing broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse secproper one to readily drop through the same. tion on the line 2 2, Fig. 4.v Fig. 3 is a trans- Through the top of the casing in line with verse section on the line 3 3, Fig. 4, looking the slot 18 in the disk 7 is a suitable coinin the opposite direction from the viewshown chute 20, having on one of its sides the cut- 75 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a front view of the appaaway portion 21 to allow the coin to be ratus with parts broken away. Fig. 5 isa moved therethrough. The disk 7 on its intransverse section of the reservoir'and delivner side is cut away for a portion of its pe- 3o ery-trough on the line 5 5, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is riphery, as shown at 23, Fig. 3, the cut-away adetail showing the manner of unlocking the portion ending in the shoulder 24. 0n one 8o delivery-trough, and Fig. 7 is a top View of side'of the casing above the disk 7 is pivoted the disk and lockingpawl. the locking-pawl 25, which is provided with The reservoir for containing the articles the lug 26, which rests upon the cut-away comprises the casing 1, having its front inportion 23 of the disk 7and is adapted to conclosed by the glass 2 and provided with a suittact with the shoulder 24 to hold said disk 85 able door (not shown) at the top, through against rotation. Said pawl is also provided which the articles may be placed in said reswith the stud 27, which is of suiicient length ervoir. The articles in the particular Inechand in position to be engaged by a coin held 4o anism disclosed are of cylindrical form, as in the disk 7 to raise the pawl 25 and release clearly disclosed in Fig. 5. At the lower end the lug 26 from the shoulder 24. In order to 9o ofthe reservoir,suitably journaled in the casfirmly hold the pawl 25 against the disk 7, a ing, is the oscillatory delivery-trough 4,which suitable spring 28, Fig. 3, may be employed. is substantially half of a hollow cylinder pro- The lng 26 of the pawl 25 normally rests upon vided with circular end anges 5 5. To one the cut-away portion 23 of the disk, but is not journal 6 of said trough is secured the disk 7, in engagement with the shoulder 24, so that 95 said disk having on its outer face the studs 8 said disk may be rotated a short distance be- 8, with which engage the notches 9 9 of a slide fore the lug comes in contact with said shoul- 10, extending transversely of the casing in der; but the amount of rotation is not sufficient to allow the article held in the delivery-trough 4 to be removed therefrom. The object in allowing a slight rotation of the disk 7 is to enable said disk to carry the coin held therein underneath the stud 27 to raise the pawl 25 and permit the complete oscillation of the disk and trough.

At one side of the disk 7 the casing is thickened to form the curved guard 29, against which the coin projects, said guard serving to prevent the coin from leaving the disk 7 until the disk and trough have made a sufiicient rotation to permit the article to be removed from the trough.

To prevent backward rotation of the disk and trough after the coin has passed a given point, we prefer to provide a pawl 30, pivoted to the casing, as at 31; but such pawl is not absolutely necessary, as the mechanism will operate perfectly without it. This pawl depends freely, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and as the coin is rotated with the disk 7 the pawl is swung to the right to clear said coin; but as soon as the latter passes the pawl swings back into vertical position behind the coin and prevents the backward rotation of the disk, as will be readily understood. The object of this is to prevent the return of the trough to its normal position without first discharging the coin, thereby preventing a person from receiving two or more articles with a single coin.

In the use of our apparatus the casing with the articles therein will be suitably secured in place, the lowermost of the cylindrical articles resting in the trough 4 and the others eX- tending in a column above the same. ln this condition a coin is inserted in the chute 2() and if of the right denomination will be received and held in the upper portion of the slot 1S in the disk 7. By then pulling on the knob 13 the slide lO is moved to oscillate the disk 7, the cnt-away portion 23 of the disk permitting this slight rotation, which is sufficient to carry the coin underneath the stud 27 on the pawl 25, raising the latter to hold the lug 26 above the shoulder 2-L, thereby permitting a complete oscillation or semirotation of the disk and trough. As soon as the article is delivered from the trough by merely releasing the knob i3 the spring 16 will restore the slide l0, together with the disk 7and trough 'i, to their normal positions, thereby allowing the next article to fall into said trough in position to be delivered therefrom at the next oscillation thereof. Vhen no coin in inserted in the apparatus, by pulling' on the knob 13 a partial rotation can be given to the disk 7 and trough LI; but this rotation is limited by the lug 26 coming in contact with the shoulder 24 and is not sufficient to permit an article to be removed from the trough.

eesos Instead of having the face of the disk provided with studs-8 8 and the slide l0 with recesses 9 9, as disclosed, it is obvious that the slide l() could have the form of a toothed rack engaging a toothed segment on the disk 7. The operation of this mechanism, however, would be precisely the same as that disclosed.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In coin-controlled delivery apparatus, the combination with a reservoir, of the delivery-trough, locking means for said trough, and an oscillatory disk provided with acoinrecess in position to carry a coin to unlock the delivery-trough.

2. In coin-controlled delivery apparatus, the combination with a reservoir, of the oscillatory delivery trough therefor, locking means for said trough, a disk provided with a coin-recess, and actuating means for said disk to carry the coin to unlock the trough and rotate the latter.

3. In coin-controlled delivery apparatus, the combination' with a resei-voir, of the oscillatorydelivery-trough therefor, a disk on said trough, locking means engaging said disk to allow slight rotation thereof, and a coin-rccess in said disk in position to carry a coin vtherein to unlock the trough.

4. In coin-controlled delivery apparatus,

the combination with a reservoir, of the delivery-trough, locking means for said trough, an oscillatory disk provided with a coin-recess in position to carry a coin to unlock the delivery-trough, and a pivoted pawl arranged to drop behind the coin to prevent a return of the disk to its normal position until the coin is discharged.

5. In coin-controlled delivery apparatus, the combination with a reservoir, of the oscillatory delivery-trough therefor, a disk on said trough provided with aout-away portion ending in a shoulder, a pawl lying in said cutaway portion and adapted to engage said shoulder, anda coin-recess in said disk in position to carry a coin therein to raise the pawl out of said cut-away portion.

G. In coin-controlled delivery apparatus, the combination with a reservoir, of the delivery-trough therefor, the disk on said trough, coin-controlled means for locking said disk, a spring-pressed reciprocating rod, and connections between said rod and disk for rotating the latter.

In testimony whereof we, the said DAVID B. STUART and JOHN C. BECKFIELD, have hereunto set our hands.

DAVID B. STUART. JOHN C. LECKFIELD. Witnesses:

F. W. WINTER, ROBERT C. Tor'rEN.

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